Kuhakabrahmana Vatthu, Kuhakābrāhmana-vatthu: 1 definition
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In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesA certain brahmin would climb a tree, grasp a branch with his feet and, swinging head downwards like a bat, demand pennies, etc., from passers by, threatening to kill himself and destroy the city if his request were refused. The Buddha hearing of this related a Jataka story in which a false ascetic, having received some lizard meat, liked it and wished for more. He lay in wait for the king of the lizards when the latter came to pay his respects to him in order to kill him, but the lizard king, suspecting him, escaped, reproaching him for his hypocrisy. DhA.iv.153ff; cp. the Godha Jataka; also J.i.480f and ii.382f.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
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